Syn. Curculio sedecim-punctatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2. 618. 92. Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. 3. 509. 10. Oliv. Ent. v. 83. t. 2. f. 17. a. b. Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 1. 625. 8.
Habitat: Cayenne.
Entirely fine blue-coloured. Antennæ somewhat longer than represented in the plate, and black. Thorax with five black spots on it; one in the centre, and two on each side. Elytra having twelve spots of the same colour, the apices terminating in two sharp points.
SOLENOPUS CACICUS.
Plate [XLIX]. fig. 5.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Rhyncophora. Family: Curculionidæ. Subfamily: Cholides.
Genus. Solenopus, Schonherr. Odontoderes, Sahlberg. Curculio p., Drury.
Solenopus Cacicus. Ater sulphureo-squamosus, thorace bivittato, lateribus granulatis, elytris punctis magnis oblongo-quadratis et striatis. (Long. Corp. rostr. inclus. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Curculio morbillosus, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Solenopus cacicus, Schonh. Syn. Ins. Curcul. 3. 597. 1.